Trades we run. Lessons we keep.

Field notes from the cockpit.

The StratCraft Journal · issue 058 · September 2026

Research logs, post-mortems, and engineering deep-dives from the team building the StratCraft engine. And the traders shipping live strategies on it.

Featured · Long read

INSIGHTSMay 25, 20268 min read

ML vs LLM as Signal Generators: Eight Dimensions Where the Choice Is Already Made

ML vs LLM as a trading signal generator, broken down across eight dimensions: cost shape, failure mode, reproducibility, interpretability, and the one row where the LLM actually wins.

StratCraft

StratCraft team

Read article →

Latest dispatches.

1 article·Sorted by recency

insights

I Asked an LLM to Generate 20 Trading Strategies. 14 Were the Same Thing.

After generating 20 LLM trading strategies, 14 reused the same mean-reversion shape. Here is what breaks when AI skips the validation stack.

StratCraft8 min · MAY 15

This week's reading list.

Hand-picked from the team. Research, papers, and dispatches from elsewhere on the internet.

MAY 25insights

ML vs LLM as Signal Generators: Eight Dimensions Where the Choice Is Already Made

ML vs LLM as a trading signal generator, broken down across eight dimensions: cost shape, failure mode, reproducibility, interpretability, and the one row where the LLM actually wins.

StratCraft · 8 min

MAY 15insights

I Asked an LLM to Generate 20 Trading Strategies. 14 Were the Same Thing.

After generating 20 LLM trading strategies, 14 reused the same mean-reversion shape. Here is what breaks when AI skips the validation stack.

StratCraft · 8 min

Start With an Evidence-Producing Research Loop

Use Community AI Studio with direct BYOK or a supported local model, then validate and backtest locally.

Download for Free →View Documentation

Product

Ecosystem

Trading

Resources

Field notes from the cockpit.

ML vs LLM as Signal Generators: Eight Dimensions Where the Choice Is Already Made

Latest dispatches.

I Asked an LLM to Generate 20 Trading Strategies. 14 Were the Same Thing.

This week's reading list.

ML vs LLM as Signal Generators: Eight Dimensions Where the Choice Is Already Made

I Asked an LLM to Generate 20 Trading Strategies. 14 Were the Same Thing.

Start With an Evidence-Producing Research Loop

Field notes from the cockpit.

ML vs LLM as Signal Generators: Eight Dimensions Where the Choice Is Already Made

Latest dispatches.

I Asked an LLM to Generate 20 Trading Strategies. 14 Were the Same Thing.

This week's reading list.

ML vs LLM as Signal Generators: Eight Dimensions Where the Choice Is Already Made

I Asked an LLM to Generate 20 Trading Strategies. 14 Were the Same Thing.

One considered email, every Friday.

Start With an Evidence-Producing Research Loop